Nyesom Wike, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has warned that no amount of blackmail or sponsored protests can stop him from delivering development to the people of Abuja.

Wike was speaking during the Inauguration of Phase2 water project, on Tuesday in Abuja.

He said he observed several media reports focusing on alleged debts owed to “local contractors,”.

He stressed that he would not be intimidated into paying claims that were never legitimately awarded.

“Let anybody who says I awarded them contracts bring the documents.

“Many of the so-called debts were generated by civil servants who sat in their offices awarding contracts of N10 million N15 million, or N20 million without ministerial approval.

“Now they want to blackmail the Minister into paying. Certainly, that will not happen. Nobody can intimidate me.

“This is corruption fighting back against my reforms, but I will defeat it,”he said.